Device for drawing off measured quantities of liquids.



G. L. NEWLAND. DEVICE FOR DRAWING OPP MEASURED QUANTITIES 0F LIQUIDS.

APPLICATION mum 1120.11, 1999.

Patentd July 5 1 nus-Briana 1. l

G. L. NEWLAND. DEVICE FOR DRAWING OFF MEASURED QUANTITIES 0F LIQUIDS. APPLIOATION FILED DBO.11, 1909.-

963 ,633, Patented July 5, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

CHARLES LESLIE NEWLAND, OF IEBTOH, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR DRAWING- OFI' IEASUBED QUANTITIES OI LIQUIDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1910.

Application filed llecember 11, 1908. Serial No. 532,698.

Be it known that I, CHARLES Lrsnm NEW- LAND, a subject of HIS Majesty the King of England, residing at Victoria Villa, Cavendish R'oad, Merton, in the county of Surrey, Kingdom of England, engineer, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Devices for Drawing'Ofi Measured Quantities of Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for drawing ofi' measured quantities of liquid from bottles or other vessels of the kind wherein the liquid is conducted into a measuring chamber that is provided with inlet and outlet valves that are operated upon the sliding movement of a feed tube that is operativel connected with a movable platform on whic the receiving receptacle isplaced.

The invention consists in the improved arrangement of the valves whereby the quantity of liquid to be discharged can be regulated for the-same measuring chamber by limiting the movement of the feed tube; in the arrangement of the air passages whereby sage from the chamber to the main supply vessel are controlled by the slidin feed tube, and also in the combination wit such devices of registering means adapted to indicate the number of operations of the valve.

111 the accompanying drawings with reference to which I will now describe my invention :Figure l is a front elevation of my improved device; Fig. 2 is a back elevation, Fig. 3 is a side elevation; Fi l is a detall sectional elevation of the bu bin its normal position and when being filled from the main supply. Fig.- 5 is a similar view to Fig. 4 showing the valve open and the liquid partly discharged from the bulb.

In carrying out the present invention as applied to a drawing off device for use in public houses for delivering measured quantities of whisky or other liquids I mount the liquid measuring device or bulb a, which is preferably made of glass or other transparent material. around a metal tube. or

sleeve I) supported by an arm or bracket c projecting from the wall bracket-or plate (1 v and enga ing an annular flange 9 near the upper end of the tube. The bulb is connected closely with the tube at its up er and lower joints so as to form a sealed 0 amber a which is adapted to be put into communication with the main container which is in this case an inverted bottle e when it has to be filled, or connected with an axially bored outlet orifice f when it has to be em tied.

For controlling the su ply of iquid to and its exit from the bufi a an internally bored .slidin sleeve or tube f is arran within the rst mentioned tube b and t 's tube or sleeve is provided with-inletand connected, as, or instance, by a rod or like member h", with a preferably spring-controlled forwardly projecting table or stand 72. upon which the glasses are laced. By such an arrangement is provide a movable support so that when a glass i (shown by dotted lines). is placed in position, either by its own weight or by slight'additional presthe glass, the inner sleeve f will be ulle down under the influence of the brac at g, the table h, and the connection between the same until its outlet port f registers with the outlet'port b in the outer sleeve b so allowing the liquid to flow out from the bulb a down the lower part of the central bore of the inner tube 7" to the orifice as shown in Fig. 5. As soon as the lass i is removed the rod 72. rises under t e influence of the spring k and acts through the bracket 9 to return the tube or sleeve 1" to its normal position (Fig. 4:) and the port f in the said sleeve 7 then puts the interior a of the bulb a into communication through the port 5 of the outer tube 6 with the main volume of liquid whereupon the bulb or fiilneasuring chamber will automatically re- 1. i v

It will be obvious that in order that the liquid may flow outof and into the bulb it is necessary to put the interior a of the bulb a into communication with the atmosphere and also with the interior of the I sure applied while the operator is holding the air inlet to the chamber and the air pasmain receptacle and for this purpose two longitudinal grooves j-lc are out along the orts Z Z in the outer tube one liquid. The groove is when the sleeve is raised or in its normal %S1tl011 (Fig. 4 that is when the bulb is ei g filled from the main receptacle 6, connects another port m, in' the outer tube and opening into the bulb, with the main container 0 so that as the liquid enters b the main ports f b to fill the measurin -bulb a the air from the bulb escapes up t e groove is and bubbles up throu h the liquid in the main receptacle. An a ditional s ring 4 is provided around the upper end 0? the s eeve f? to assist 1n 1ts return movement. a 0

It willbe seen that by regulating or limiting the downward movement of the inner sleeve f, as, for instance, by a lock r ng f, the lower port i can be prevented from entirely emptying the chamber a.

Y Any convenient attachment can, of course, be provided on the upperend of the outer sleeve 6 for instance, as shown, a cork ring n could e placed therearound for attachment to the bottle which can then be 1nverted as shown to empty its contents .111 measured quantities as desired. The device could also-be made in large sizes for say measuring oii motor spirit or petroleum in gallons or like quantities.

Where the device is employed for use m' public houses a suitable registering device such as a ratchet wheel 0 can be conveniently rovided behind the wall plate and engaged y a fingerson the upper end of the rod 72 so that it will be turned one tooth by each 0 eration of the device to tally by means o an index disk 12 the number of drinks or the like drawn oil, the numeral on the disk being viewed throu h a suitable. opening in the wall plate. T is arrangement would be very fee convenient for stocktaking or other checking purposes. It will be understood, of course, that the fin er s is ivota'lly attached to the upper endp? the sli e h, as shown at t in Fig. 2, so asto follow the movement of the ratchet wheel.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A device for drawing measured quantities of liquids comprising, in combination, a container, a sealed measuring chamber, a tube secured within the chamber and provided with inlet and outlet ports, a tube slidably fitted within the first-mentioned tube and communicating with the container and provided with inlet and outlet ports arranged to register with the vfirst-mentioned ports, a movable support adapted, to hold a receptacle and connected with the slidable tubeiwhereby the outlet ports of the tubes may be caused to register to discharge the contents of the measurin chamber, and means for movin the slida 1e tube to cause the inlet ports 0 the two tubes to register to an the'ehnnber, the tubes being provided with" additional ports to admit air to the chamber and permit the same to escape to the. container.

2. A device for drawing measured quantities ofliquids com rising, in combination,

a sealed measurin c amber,'a tube extendilgg throughisaid c amber and provided with et and outlet. orts within the same an inner tube 'slidab fitted within the rimmentioned tube and provided with inlet and. outlet ports, said inner tube bein arranged to communicate with'a source 0 supply, a movable support for a receptacle connected with said inner tube and operating, upon the same to cause the outlet port therein to register with the outlet port in the outer tu for the purpose of discharging the contents of the" measuring chamber, means for automatically causing the inlet port in said inlet tube to register with the'inlet ort in the outer tube to put the measuring 0 amber into communicatlon with the source of supactuatedb said support in unison with the slidable tu e.

'3. A device for drawing measured quantities of liqu ds comprising, in combination,

a sealed measurin chamber a'fixed tube ex- 7 tending through t e measuring chamber and provided with inlet and outlet ports within the same, an inner tube slidably fitted within the first-mentioned tube and provided with inlet and outlet ports, a movable sup- .port connected with said slidable tube and operating upon the same to cause the outlet ports of the two tubes to register and discharge the contents of the measuring chamber, means for automatically causing the inlet ports of the tubes to register to put the measuring chamber into communication with a source of sup ly, the tubes being rovided with additional ports to permit t e entry of air to the measuring chamber and the escape of air therefrom to the source of supply, and means for limiting the downward movement of the inner tube to prevent the complete exit of the contents of the measuring chamber.

4. The combination of a fixed sup ort, a sealed measuring chamber thereon a a ted to engage acontainer, a fixed tube exten ing through the measuring chamberwand provided with inlet and outlet ports within the same and also provided with an inlet port above the measuring chamber and additional ports within the said chamber and near the top of the same, a slidable tube fitted within the first-mentioned tube and provided with inlet and outlet orts adapted to register res ectiveliy with t e inlet and outlet ports of t e fixe tube, the said slidable tube being ceases 8 further provided with grooves adapted to register with the ports in the fixed tube at the upper end of the measuring chamber, a support for a receptacle below the measuring 5 chamber, a connection between the said support and the slidable tube whereby the tube may be actuated by said support to ermit the contents of the measuring cham er toescape, and a spring acting on the said tube 10 in opposition to the sand support to bring the inlet port of the said tube into registry with the inlet port ofthe' fixed tube whereby the measuring chamber may be filled.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name 111 15 presence of two subscribin witnesses.

CHARLES LESLI NEWLAND. Witnesses:

J. S. Common, 1 W. CHOWLES. 

